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Stories of What Occurred That Day Told by Wounded Husband and Wife Whom He Accuses
KNO)WN FACTS IN MYSTERY OF GRACE TRAGEDY TOLD IN PICTURES
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Mrs. Grace leaves for Newnan
on the day her husband is shot.
GRACE COMING TO
WIFE'S TRIAL ON
STRETCHER
Physicians Agree Trip Will Not
Be Injurious to the Wounded
Husband.
Continued From Page One.
tlon with Attorney Moore, then the
mother and daughter left the building.
On the street Mrs. Grace handed an
acquaintance a post card with the re
quest that it be mailed. It was ad
dressed by Mrs. Ulrich to her relatives
In Philadelphia. On it was written an
account of the trip and a warning that
nothing must be said to newspaper
men there.
“I left little Webster Opie at home.
He wanted to come so bad that I al
most cried when 1 had to refuse him,”
Mrs. Ulrich said. She was speaking of
the little blind son of Mrs. Grace,
Mrs. Ulrich constantly will be with
her daughter until the trial is over.
She says she will not leave her for a
moment unless the law Intervenes.
It has been finally decided that Eu
gene Grace will attend the trial of his
wife.
Just as he was carried to Newnan
from St. Josephs hospital he will be
brought to Atlanta and the court room.
From a reclining position on a stretch
er, guarded by six members of his lodge,
he will view the trial.
As stated yesterday in The Georgian,
it had been agreed between the Hill
faintly and Dr. T. S. Halley that Grace
could make the trip. The whole matter
was then put up to the wounded man
and he decided that he would come.
Dr. Bailey said that the trip would
do Grace no particular harm.
Practically the entire number of wit
nesses for the state In the Grace case
were closeted with Solicitor General
Hugh Dorsey and Attorney Lamar Hili
today. They were summoned to be
coached in the manner of procedure in
the trial next week.
Those who were present are Mrs. S.
L, Hill, Grace's mother; her husband.
L. .« Hill. Preston HUI. Lewis Hill,
Lamar HUI, Morris Prloleau, all rela
tives Detectives Bullard and Doy al,
J. C. Ruffin and Murtha Ruffin, the lat
ter two formerly servants nt the Grace
home; O. Van Wyek. a newspaper re
porter, and Policeman Wood.
Lamai HUI, Grace's attorney, brought
many bundles of documents when in
vame for ike secret session, ali of them
She is assisted to board her
train at the Terminal by a friend.
JAPAN PRAYS FOR
LIFE OF EMPEROR
Mikado Sinks Again, and the
Crown Prince Waits to Bid
Father Last Farewell.
TOKIO, July 27. —Emperor Mutsuhi
to regained consciousness enough to
greet the crown prince, Yoshlto, this
morning. He then lapsed into a state
of coma. The crown prince left the
sick rodm in tears, but stayed in one
of the palace rooms nearby, believing
that any moment he might be called
to bid a last farewell to his dying
father.
A slight improvement noted in the |
condition of the royal patient held out |
hope until late this afternoon, when he
suffered another sinking spell. After a
consultation between Dr Miura and Dr.
Aoyama. it was announced that the.
mikado's temperature again had risen
to 102, and that he was somewhat
weaker.
Dr. Miura today contradicted the re
port that the mikado was suffering
from typhoid fever, but the report nev.
ertheless continued. x
General services of prayer for the re
covery of the stricken monarch were
resumed .today throughout the empire.
These services had been discontinued
earlier in the week, when reports from
the sick room indicated that the mi
kado would recover. Hundreds of sub-
I jects of the mikado spent last night
kneeling in prayer before the palace
i gates. These included men. women and
children, who sobbed their grief over
the emperor's condition.
bearing on the lives of Mr. and Mrs.
Grace.
Woman to Appear
In Court Monday.
It was rumored In the court house
today that the woman summoned from.!
Boston to appear In the trial next Mon
day is Birdie Houston, well known
around Atlanta, and who was in the
city nt the time Grace was shot. It
whs reported that she had been Called
as a witno-. foi the defense. It was
reported ut th.- time of the tragedy that
Grace had been acquainted with this
woman prior to his rmitrlage.
TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1912.
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Mrs. Grace meets Eugene at St. Josephs hospital, where she is horrified at his accusation
against her. This is her only glimpse of her husband from the date of the shooting until now,
though she hopes to see him in the court room next Monday.
MINISTER’S WIFE
REED AS SLAYER
MIXIE, TENN., July 27.—Mrs. W. C.
Freeman, widow of Rev. W. G. Free
man, was arrested today on the charge
of murdering her husband. Lucien
Simmons, an employee of the late min
ister, was also taken Into custody as an
accomplice. Simmons and Mrs. Free
man are said to have been In London
with each other, and the authorities de
clare they murdered the minister when
he discovered their clandestine meet
ings.
Freemnn was found slain In his home
this week following a series of reli
gious meetings among the Tennessee
mountaineers. It was at first thought
he had been killed by moonshiners.
Many of the moonshiners’ women had
been converted by Freeman and had de
nounced the Illicit trade of the men. and
It was thought they slew the minister,
fearing the government would be in
formed of their traffic.
2 FIFTH REGIMENT BOYS
ROBBED AT WAR CAMP
While the Fifth regiment was In camp
at Anniston a few days ago, a sneak thief
operated with considerable profit.
Two of the soldier boys have asked the
police to keep a lookout for their watches,
which were "lilte<V‘ tn camp. They are
Tommie Low Siarnes. son of Detective
.1 N Starnes, and A F, Jackson, living
juet outsidt of the city.
ENGINEER, INJURED IN
S. ATLANTIC LIMITED
WRECK, LIKELY TO DIE
MACON, GA., July 27. —The engine and
three coaches of the South Atlantic Lim
ited bound for Jacksonville left the tracks
and turned over at Pinehurst, 48 miles
south of Macon on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad today. Only Engi
neer 11. F. Lamon and Fireman Brun
dudge were injured. The engineer was
scalded and his left hand was mashed.
He is expected to die. The fireman, who
was in a wreck near Beech Haven only
ten days ago, is not seriously hurt.
A number of passengers were badly
bruised, but were able to continue to their
destination. The train was going 35 miles
an hour when the wreck occurred.
FIVE NEW REGIMENTS AT
ANNISTON FOR MANEUVERS
ANNISTON, ALA., July 27.—The First
regiment of Alabama, the Second regiment
of South Carolina, and the First. Second
and Third regiments from Kentucky, are
the troops of the national guard that
have arrived for the third and last period
of the 1912 encampment at Camp Pettus.
Since their arrival yesterday they have
been busy in the preparation of their
eamps and will not get down to maneuver
work before next week.
CITY OFFICESCLOSE FOR
FUNERAL OF MAYOR’S WIFE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., July 27.—The
funeral of Mrs. Maybelle Thompson, wife
of Mayor T. C Thompson, who died
this week, following a long Illness, was
held today at 10 o'.'lock at Sts Peter and
Paul church Requiem mass was sung
bj Rev Father Sullivan. During the horn
< f the funeral and burial all municipal
offices were closed and city officials and
attaches attended the services in a body.
Interment was at Mount Olivet ceme
tery.
MARRIAGE ED ICT
OF POPE NULLED
ST. LOUIS, July 27.—Publication in
a St. Louis Catholic paper today of a
statement asserted to be made on the
authority of The Acta, the official pub
lication of the Vatican, that part of the
famous Ne Temere edict of Pope Pius
has been revoked, has caused a stir in
church circles.
The article asserts that hereafter
Protestants 1 who marry Catholics will
not be forced to agree that the children
of the marriage be brought up in the
Catholic church, nor will they have to
agree not to interfere with the reli
gious duties of the Catholic member of
the union.
CORDELE ASKING BETTER
TRAIN SERVICE TO SOUTH
CORDELE, GA.. July 27.—With a
view to securing more adequate train
service for Cordele over the Georgia
Southern and Florida and the Georgia
Southwestern and Gulf lines that will
give Cordele a forenoon passenger
schedule south byway of Tifton and
Albany, a committee recently appointed
by the Cordele Chamber of Commerce
to bring about the co-operation of the
towns along the lines between Cordele
and Albany and Macon and Valdosta,
is diligently at work.
Petitions will be presented first to the
railroads, and unless they take some
immediate action, the matter <s to be
taken up with the railroad commission.
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Mrs. Grace is arrested on her
return from Newnan, charged
with shooting her husband.
GEORGIA IS NEAR
5750,000 DEFICIT
Extra Session of Legislature to
Straighten the State’s Finan
cial Tangles Is Probable.
The probability of an extra session of
the general assembly to straighten out
Georgia’s finances is becoming more
apparent each day. Unless the legis
lators recognize the true condition of
the state’s treasury Georgia shortly will
be facing a deficit of three-quarters of
a million.
In the face of the fact that the legis
lature is slashing the income to rib
bons and at the same time piling up
appropriations, county tax returns thus
far received by the comptroller general
are showing a decrease over the figures
of 1912.
Brooks county shows a decrease for
the first time in eleven years, attribut
ing the falling off in values to an epi
demic of hog cholera which has swept
the county. Johnson county indicates
a falling in values for the first time In
a decade, and fails to return a single
dog for taxation. The same situation
is true in a score of counties.
The situation as ’summed up by
Comptroller General Wright is:
Cutting Down Revenues.
“According to statements made on
the floor of the house, the present de
ficit is $350,000. The enactment of the
Tippins bill will increase that deficit
by $250,000, making the total $600,000.
To this must be added the special ap
propriations to be made by the legisla
ture, amounting to $120,000, bringing
the total to $720,000.”
The comptroller general’s summary
is made without consideration of the
possibility of the repeal of the dog tax
as contemplated by the Oliver bill or
the senate’s approval of the farmers’
free list bill passed the house on Thurs
day. Both of these measures will cut
into revenue enormously.
In the face of this the house has
turned down the Ashley tax increase,
intimating a magnificent disregard for
school teachers, who thus far have re
ceived but twelve per cent of their sal
aries for 1912. Only by dint of careful
expenditure has Treasurer Wright cor
ralled enough cash to pay off the legis
lators at adjournment.
NOT THIS MITCHELL.
Eugene M. Mitchell, attorney in the
Peters building, asked The Georgian to
.state today that he is not the E. M. Mitch
el! who signed the call for the Bull Moose
convention In Atlanta. Mr. Mitchell is
still u rock-bound Democrat.
Behind the bars in the police
station pending arrangement of
bond.
GUARD PROTECTS
WITNESS FROM
GANGSTERS
Threats Make Investigator?
Fear Death or Kidnaping of
Important Man.
NEW YORK. July 27. —Threats mad»
by the allies of the gamblers and gang,
sters under arrest for complicity in the
murder of Herman Rosenthal, the In
former, caused careful precautions to
be taken today to prevent the assassi
nation, intimidation or spiriting away
of Louis Krese, an important new tvlt-l
ness, who identified "Brldgle” Webber
and “Jack Sullivan” as two of the men
w-ho stood in front of the Hotel Metro
pole when Rosenthal was shot dow n.
The tightening of the chain of evi
dence around the accused men Is said
to have stirred their lawless associates
to such a point of desperation that It Is
believed there is very real cause to
guard against another outbreak of vio
lence.
Two detectives are guarding Kreso
today. They were detailed to watch
over the witness by Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty. The arrest
of “Sullivan,” whose real name Is J a ‘
cob A. Reich, and the final commitment
of Webber were primarily due to
Krese’s evidence before the coroner
From information that has reached
Dougherty he fears that an attempt
will be made to kill Krese, so as to
eliminate him as a witness.
Dougherty would not say what this
information is, but he attaches consid'
erable importance to it. These men
will stay with Krese as long as ths
witness' life is considered in danger,
and will accompany him back and forth
between his home, his work and polic<
headquarters and the district attorney
office. It had been agreed that Kres
should give a false address when asks
on the stand to tell where he IM I
Krese has told of seeing Rosenthi
slain, of watching Webber stand amor
the men who killed the gambler and <
Webber's flight when the final shot
were fired.
District Attorney Whitman today >
iterated his belief that the men ’
actually killed Rosenthal have not 1
been captured. Deputy Dougherty &
Inspector Hughes said no further*
rests were expected for a day or t
but it was learned today at police h a
quarters that detectives had l l ’ tl '' 1 #
the trail of the men now at liberty
wanted for the murder —Harry b *
wltz, “Lefty” Louis, “Whitey” Leo
and Sam Schepps.
DIES FROM SUNSTROKE
AUGUSTA, GA., July a "-~ xC<
liams, a negro employed in ntakms t
vatlons in Barrett Plaza, prepura
laying cement sidewalks, fell fr< 11 , iP ,j >
stroke yesterday afternoon ano 1
the hospital several hours later
This is the second death cau.-e<
the excessive heat this we
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